Workday Recruiting · JSON Structure

Recruiting Rest Api Questionnaire Structure

A recruiting questionnaire used for candidate screening or assessment during the application process.

Type: object Properties: 5
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Questionnaire is a JSON Structure definition published by Workday Recruiting, describing 5 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

id name description questions active

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-recruiting/refs/heads/main/json-structure/recruiting-rest-api-questionnaire-structure.json",
  "name": "Questionnaire",
  "description": "A recruiting questionnaire used for candidate screening or assessment during the application process.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Workday ID (WID) of the questionnaire",
      "example": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Questionnaire name",
      "example": "Senior Software Engineer"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Description of the questionnaire purpose",
      "example": "Strong technical background with 8+ years of experience in distributed systems."
    },
    "questions": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "questionText": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The question text",
            "example": "Describe a challenging project you've delivered."
          },
          "questionType": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "Single Select",
              "Multi Select",
              "Free Text",
              "Numeric"
            ],
            "description": "Type of response expected",
            "example": "Single Select"
          },
          "required": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Whether the question requires a response",
            "example": true
          },
          "options": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "Available answer options for select questions"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Questions in the questionnaire"
    },
    "active": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the questionnaire is currently active",
      "example": true
    }
  }
}